A Private Information Retrieval (PIR) protocol allows a database user, or client, to obtain information from a data- base in a manner that prevents the database from knowing which...
Abstract. The structural heterogeneity and complexity of XML repositories makes query formulation challenging for users who have little knowledge of XML. To assist its users, an XM...
Current face image retrieval methods achieve impressive results, but lack efficient ways to refine the search, particularly for geometric face attributes. Users cannot easily ...
We present an efficient system for video search that maximizes the use of human bandwidth, while at the same time exploiting the machine’s ability to learn in real-time from use...
Alexander G. Hauptmann, Wei-Hao Lin, Rong Yan, Jun...
Abstract. Let A and B denote cryptographic primitives. A (k, m)robust A-to-B combiner is a construction, which takes m implementations of primitive A as input, and yields an implem...